1893 — Rhode Island — Sentence Enhancement

General Laws of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations to Which are Prefixed the Constitutions of the United States and of the State 1010 (1896)

Summary

Persons arrested with any crime, if they have concealed weapons, were subject to a fine of $5-25 and confiscation of the weapon.

Statutory Text

Sec. 25. Whenever any person shall be arrested charged with any crime or misdemeanor, or for being drunk or disorderly, or for any breach of the peace, and shall have concealed upon his person any of the weapons mentioned in section twenty-three, such person, upon complaint and conviction, in addition to the penalties provided in section twenty-four, shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, and the confiscation of the weapon so found.

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Title 1893 — Rhode Island — Sentence Enhancement
Conduct Use
Instrument Firearms
Jurisdiction RI
Date 1893